The Baltimore County Police Department is investigating a fatal crash that happened Thursday afternoon.

Officers responded to the area of Garrison Forest Road and Rosewood Lane in Owings Mills around 2:39 p.m.

Police said a woman was driving southbound on Garrison Forest Road in a brown Saturn Outlook SUV when a deer suddenly ran out into the roadway from the west side of the road.

The woman struck the deer, which was propelled through the air into the windshield of a gray Honda Civic traveling northbound on Garrison Forest Road. The deer went through the windshield of the Honda Civic, killing the vehicle's driver, Daniel Mark Fisher, 56, and the deer.

The victim's vehicle drove off the road and crashed into a fence. The driver of the Saturn was able to stop and call for help. She was treated at the scene for minor injuries and released to return home.